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Changes:- some mountain ranges are expanded so that bordering/impassable is clearer to the players- for small map, territory names are with bigger font than previous versions (exporting to png did not have the desired effect in the context of readability so it's jpeg again but with bigger font)- the arrows pointing to neighboring countries are removed- the degree markers now include hemisphere notation (N, E)- Continent colors are changed and shuffled a bit so there is no two similar colors in neighboring continents- added the plus sign for the bonuses- minor border and frame graphic changes

- The so-called thematic overhaul mentioned in some of the posts - to make the map more "macedonian" - not done because i simply do not have good ideas, short of adding a really big tomato in the middle of the map I think there is enough info about the country as it is now.Latest Version, Large v2.0 (23.05.2010):

Looking at the colour blind map, I wonder if the problem is that there simply aren't enough distinct colours. Tetovo, Bitola, and Strumica are nearly indistinguishable, with Stip slightly lighter and Skopje a little darker. Then Berovo and Veles are quite similar. Kumanovo and Ohrid are the most distinct. Perhaps introducing an entirely new colour with a fair amount of blue (purplish, wine red?) to replace the one used by one of those first three territories would break things up.

Another thing you can try that might sort of negate the colorblindness thing some is instead of a legend listing is to do a mini map in your own style. porken suggested it before, it got glazed over with the extra graphics he added.... but the idea has some merit.

RedBaron0 wrote:Another thing you can try that might sort of negate the colorblindness thing some is instead of a legend listing is to do a mini map in your own style. porken suggested it before, it got glazed over with the extra graphics he added.... but the idea has some merit.

A minimap wouldn't really be necessary here, nor would it fit the style of the map, IMO. The colourblindness is mostly a non-issue, since bonus zone names are identified by the bolded territories which share the same name.

What we've been trying to do here is seeing that no two adjacent colours are too similar for the colourblind. While there are thick black borders separating the bonus zones, I'm afraid the similar colours next to each other could still cause some confusion...

Sorry nat,but you are dead wrong. A mini-map is indeed needed here. Not only for the colorblind issue, but for the sake of overall clarity itself. Who wants to keep looking back and forth from the map to those little boxes to determine whats what ? It is needless confusion, when a mini-map gets the job done perfectly, with but a glance.

porkenbeans wrote:Sorry nat,but you are dead wrong. A mini-map is indeed needed here. Not only for the colorblind issue, but for the sake of overall clarity itself. Who wants to keep looking back and forth from the map to those little boxes to determine whats what ? It is needless confusion, when a mini-map gets the job done perfectly, with but a glance.

You're still missing the point here: the colours aren't the only identifier. Each bonus area is named by it's capital territory, and the capital territory has it's name in bold.